Author: fskelley
Date: 2017-06-02 23:01
For any reed trimming method and any type of reed- I've found I'm always wanting to remove less than the method wants to allow. Even with a crisp cane reed and good quality sharp trimmer with a regulator, I'm trying to position it to remove the barest minimum I can where it actually does something. That's because no matter how small the cut I always find an effect on how the reed plays- placebo or not I don't care, I got a change, LOL. My thinking is that if removing X gets the job done, in all likelihood removing X/2 would do it as well, and leave you more to work with next time around (longer reed life). And if X/2 works, why not X/4? Trouble is, at some point either nothing happens (xyzzx) or you just bend over the very tip and don't cut it.
So I will add to my requirement for a good European trimmer that the regulator can precisely position the reed for a vanishingly small shaving, and the blade can still cleanly remove it and leave the tip pristine. Sounds like some kind of laser laboratory mad scientist $$$$$ gear. It'll never happen.
Stan in Orlando
EWI 4000S with modifications
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